Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand during the opening of the United Kalpara Dairies Milk products factory in Dubai. Also in the picture are His Highness Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai (left) and Mr. Abdulla Hamad Al-Futtaim, Chairman of UKDL (right) and local and foreign business executives who attended the ceremon
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1972. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi with Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai at the session of the first Federal National Council.
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Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (the first British prime minister in office to visit the country) as she reviews the guard of honour on her arrival in Abu Dhabi. The flag is that of the Emiri Guards.
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Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. Sheikh Rashid hosted a banquet in her honour at the Guest Palace in Dubai.
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1972. Members of the first Cabinet converge to establish rules and set foundations for political and socio-economic structure of the UAE. Seen in the picture are from left to right : Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Nahyan, Ruler of Sharjah; Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi; Sheikh Rashid Bin Ahmad Al Mualla, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Umm Al Quwain.
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